The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-18

No runaways or breakdowns for two
whole days
A Portuguese beggar was plying his
opportunities about town yesterday.
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A certain disease causes the death
of large numbers Of rats in Chinatown
consumption.
The credit system in Honolulu is so
extensive that they even keep "slate"
at the Station House.
There will beno meetingof the Y. NJ.
G.. A. bookkeeping class this evening,
Mr.. p. c. Jones being still absent
So.
An the walls Of the Y. NJ. G. A.
building, up and down stairs, are being
calcimined by an expert house painter.
A foil rugged ship was reported off
BARRIERS Point about three o'clock yes
terday afternoon, but she afcrward
stood of to sea.
The steamer Mokolil will lay up a
few weeks to receive new boiler and a
general overhauling The steamer
Lehua will run on the route to Molokai
instead
Capt. CLARK Of the steamer l.ehua re.
ports very dry weather nj Hakalau, IA.
aihau and l.ahaina, the cane crops be.
ing seriously affected by the long
drought
Mr.. NJ. dc Freitas, whose card will
be found in this paper, has been en-.
giged TO translate the " NJ. c. a. con
sutution and bylaws into the Pouu
guese language.
A Portuguese, while walking rapidly
along Nuuanu street, stepped on the
skin Of some fruit thrown there by some
careless person, receiving a heavy fall,
severely bruising his hip.
Arrivals at the Eagle House. !. l..
Purvis, Kohala; r. Fennell, Kona;
C. Campbell, city; A. G. Ferraro, Hilo;
August Haneberg, Kauai.
Two specimens Of the kaku fish, that
looks like q dwarf eel with a long bill,
we're speared by one Of the Amelia's
crew Yesterday His messmate using a
hook and line sat an hour in vain wait
ing for bite.
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An unusually good programme is an.
ticipated for the Blue Ribbon entertain.
ment next Saturday night. Some well.
known and clever citizens, who have
lately adopted the insignia ct abstin-
ence, are expected to appear on the
platform.
The stock ranch of the Pawaa Dairy,
MIR p. Macdonald, manager, has
proved decided success. The stock
is. mostly all thoroughbred Holstein.
The improvement Of stock on these
Islands is Of considerable importance
and those exerting themselves in that
dlrecti deserve merit
The oyerhanging tree tops along the
"bus' route to Waikiki prove a con
tlnual danger to passengers riding on
top. Probably no action will be taken
by the property owners regarding this
nuisance until somebody will lose then
eyes or get knocked of, and then
suit for damages would be in order
A fish about FIVE feet long was caught
from on board the c. r. Bishop during
one of her late trips. 1t had teeth
. greatly resembling the sharks. What
proves Of interest is the fact that none
of the natives who saw it remembered
seeing one before. An old native
fisherman now inflrm with age recog-
zed it IS "Kaku."
One of the officers OF the u, 5, S,
Adams combines with his regular posi-
ton the functions of an Intelligence
officer" When off duty in the former
he is alive to the latter vocation, col
lectlng information covering a wide
range Of subjects for transmission to
Washington. Among other matters Of
interest here, he is making thorough
report on the Queens Hospital,
Yesterday afternoon a Portuguese
man was found lying helpless on the
sidewalk at the corner of Fort and
Queen streets He was thought 10
have been Frustrated by sudden illness,
and the police took him TO the Station
on a stretcher Mr. Crabbe, the
keeper, telephoned for a doctor but
aiterward countermanded the order,
having diagnosed the case himself and
pronounced it simply drunkenness. The
subject was given accommodation be-
low.
Band Concert.
The following programme will be
played this Monday evening at 1880